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1. Dalbergia pinnata (Lour.) Prain in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 10 1 (1904) 
48. 
Denis pinnata Lour. FI. Cochinch. (1790) 432. 
Dalbergia tamarindifolia Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 53, nomen, FI. Ind. 3 
(1832) 233, pro parte; Baker in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 234; F.-Vill. 
Nov. App. (1880) 67; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 111; Perk. Frag. FI. 
Philip. (1904) 82; Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66 2 (1897) 117, 70 2 (1901) 
49, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 10 1 (1904) 69, pi. J/8. 
Endespermum scandens Blume Cat. Gew. Buitenzorg (1823) 92, Flora 8 (1825) 
132, non Dalbergia scandens Roxb. 
Luzon, Province of Zambales, Bur. Sci. 2529 Foxworthy : Province of Rizal, 
Merrill 1112, For. Bur. 453, 1169 Ahern’s -.collector, Bur. Bci. 1381 Ramos, Decades 
Philip. Forest FI. no. 159 Ahern’s collector. Mindoro, McGregor Wt4, For. Bur. 
12004 Merritt. Palawan, Merrill 699. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 
615. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines, extending from .sea level to an altitude 
of at least 800 m; Himalayan region to Burma, southern China, Indo-China, the 
Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 
V Var. badia var. nov. 
A typo differt foliolis in sicco brnnneis, nitidis, supra glabris, coriaceis. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Pitogo, For. Bur. 9649 Curran, in thickets along 
the seashore. 
At first sight this form appears to be quite distinct from the species, but the 
differences are apparently mainly in the color of the dried leaves, which are 
dark-brown, glabrous above, and strongly shining; the fruits are apparently 
identical with those of the typical form. 
Derris pinnata Lour, has been reduced by various authors to Dalbergia tamarin- 
difolia Roxb., but the reduction was not accepted by Dr. Prain in his monograph 
of the Asiatic species of Dalbergia, because Loureiro described the leaflets as 
glabrous. At my request Mr. E. G. Baker has kindly looked up Loureiro’s type 
specimen, preserved in the herbarium of the British Museum, and has supplied 
me with sketches of the flower and a single leaflet. Mr. Baker writes as follows : 
“The leaflets are not glabrous as stated by Loureiro, but are strigose-pubescent 
beneath ; the lobes of the calyx are short and might almost be described as 
subequal ; the bracteoles are roundish and 2 mm long ; the al® are very similar 
to those figured by Colonel Prain, in his monograph, of D. tamarindifolia Roxb., 
and the keel is also subsimilar. It appears to me that without question it is very 
closely allied indeed, if not identical with D. tamarindifolia Roxb.” 
After studying the material available here, with reference to Loureiro’s descrip- 
tion and the data supplied by Mr. Baker, I am convinced that Derris pinnata 
Lour, is specifically identical with Dalbergia tamarindifolia Roxb., and the 
oldest specific name is hence adopted. 
2. Dalbergia polyphylla Bentli. PI. Jungh. (1852) 256, pro parte, Journ. 
Linn. Soc. Bot. 4 (1860) Suppl. 44, pro parte; Miquel FI. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1855) 
132; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 67; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 112; 
Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 70 2 (1901) 48, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 10 1 
(1904) 70, pi. 49. 
Luzon, Province of Ilocos Sur, Cuming 1164 in Herb. Kew. : Province of Rizal, 
For. Bur. 2962 Ahern’s collector: Province of Bataan, Whitford s. n. 
Endemic. 
